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Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates | video on March 12, 2009

We Were Promised Jetpacks - from Scotland, on Fat Cat, playing NYC & SXSW -- MP3 & videos

by Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: We Were Promised Jetpacks - "Quiet Little Voices" (MP3)

We Were Promised Jetpacks

"The first thing you forget about We Were Jetpacks is how young they are. When your speakers crackle with surges of gratifying guitar squalls or when this breathless dazzle of uninhibited anthem-building is taken to a stage, the Jetpacks define themselves by the magic they create with their hands, not by their 1987 birth dates." [The Pop Cop]
Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks are visiting our country for SXSW this week. Unfortunately, their only NYC show is the sold-out Wrens/Titus Andronicus KEXP gig at Bowery Ballroom on Friday (3/12). If you have a ticket and want to see them, get there early, they are the first of three. if you're going to Austin, you can catch them on Friday, March 20th at La Zona Rosa, and the other places listed below.

We Were Promised Jetpacks will release its debut LP in June 2009 on Fat Cat Records, the same label of fellow Scots and friends Frightened Rabbit (who played NYC in January). The two bands will perform together at Scala in London in April.

Though Frightened Rabbit might not have any stateside shows coming up, other Scotish bands set to appear at both the Austin fest and NYC include Camera Obscura (Bell House & Mercury Lounge), Primal Scream (MHOW & Webster Hall), and Glasvegas (MHOW & Webster Hall).

The Wrens will also be at SXSW and have a Brooklyn show coming up that is still on sale.

All WWPJP tour dates, plus videos for the band playing acoustic for Bandstand Busking at Brighton Pier, below...

We Were Promised Jetpacks - "Ships With Holes Will Sink"

We Were Promised Jetpacks - "An Almighty Thud"

We Were Promised Jetpacks - "Conductor"

We Were Promised Jetpacks - 2009 Tour Dates
Mar 13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Wrens
Mar 18 - SXSW - Spaceland Party- Austin, Texas
Mar 18 - SXSW - IODA Party, Emo's Annex Outdoors- Austin, Texas
Mar 19 - SXSW - SCD Party, End Of An Ear- Austin, Texas
Mar 20 - SXSW - Homeslice Pizza Party - Austin, Texas
Mar 20 - SXSW - La Zona Rosa - Austin, Texas
Mar 26 - The End- Newcastle, UK *Frightened Rabbit aftershow
Apr 15 - Scala - London, UK w/ Frightened Rabbit
May 14 - Great Escape Festival @ Water Margin- Brighton, UK
May 15 - Great Escape Festival @ Honey Club- Brighton, UK
Jun 9 - Cabaret Voltaire- Edinburgh, UK
Jun 10 - Doghouse- Dundee, UK
Jun 15 - King Tut- Glasgow, UK
Jun 16 - Night & Day- Manchester, UK
Jun 17 - Bodega- Nottingham, UK
Jun 18 - Lexington- London, UK
Jun 19 - Cockpit- Leeds, UK
Jun 20 - The End- Newcastle, UK

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Tags: Fat Cat, Frightened Rabbit, Scotland, SXSW, We Were Promised Jetpacks
posted at 2:03 PM on March 12, 2009 in MP3 | music | tour dates | Comments (19)

Comments (19)

"The first thing you forget about We Were Jetpacks"

No 'promised'?

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 2:39 PM

these guys are like frightened rabbit meets the killers...they could be huge.

does anyone else sort of hear tons of emo influences in this stuff? when i hear this, i think of a scottish promise ring or braid.

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 2:57 PM

another band with a bad name!

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 3:16 PM

Apparently, the first thing you forget about this band actually is the third word of their name, 2:39.

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 3:45 PM

The name made me laugh. I think it's dope!

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 3:49 PM

anyone know the set times?

Posted by RB | March 12, 2009 4:00 PM

I have heard their new songs, they are good!

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 4:08 PM

the name is great, hilarious even

Posted by Anonymous | March 12, 2009 4:26 PM

BV, Set times? Please. Tx!

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2009 2:07 PM

Jetpacks on at 9. The wrens at 11

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2009 2:33 PM

I will be there - i am psyched for Wrens

Posted by Mastaschlong | March 13, 2009 6:06 PM

7:30 doors, I'd actually expect Jetpacks on at 8:30

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2009 6:43 PM

great night all around ... jetpacks blew me away, they will be stars very soon. titus, too, rocked it out. wrens are a great band with amazing songs, but they can be sort of a mess live, and the mix last night during their set was atrocious. sweet guys, though, and their songs make me cry ...

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